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(No Model.) J. M. HANNAS &I. B. LEE.

CARD HOLDER;

Patented May 19, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES M. HANNAS, or SYRACUSE, AND FRANK B. LEE, OF LITTLE FALLS, NEW YORK.

York,and FRANK B.LEE,of Little Falls,in the metal is formed with a center loop, e, and

CARD-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,372, dated May 19, 1885.

' Application filed September 26, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: other jaw, B, is movably connected with the I Be it known that we, JAMES M. HANNAS, of guide-rod a by the following instrumentali- Syraeuse, Onondaga county, State of New ties, to wit: Abracket, d, stamped out of sheet county of Herkimer, inthe State of New York, with vertical shanks f f at its ends. The loop have invented new and useful Improvements 0 loosely embraces the guide-rod a, so as to in Card-Holders, of which the following, taken allow the bracket to slide thereon. in connection with the accompanying draw- On the bracket d is hingedayoke, a, formed ings, is a full, clear, and exact description. with shanks o 0, which lap onto the sides of 6;) This invent-ion relates to the class of cardthe shanks f f of the bracket, the hinge-pin Z holders which are designed specially for seextending through the several shanks, as curing on railroad freight-cars the usual card shown in Fig. III of the drawings. The jaw B of direction. is attached to the yoke 01, and is thus hinged Inasmuch as said cards vary in size and have on the bracket (1, so as to allow it to tilt and 6 I 5 to be frequently ohanged,it is the object of this rise and fall from and toward the base A, and

' I invention to provide a simple and efficient dethe movable connection of the bracket (1 with vice which shall be adapted to hold in a secure the guide-rod a allows the bracket to be moved manner cards of different dimensions and adtoward and from the companion jaw B, to mit of a ready attachment and detachment of grasp between them a card of greater or less 73 said ea-rds;-and to that end the invention conlength. Aspring, s,woundaround the hinge sists in the novel construction and combinapin Z, and bearing with one end on the bracket tion of parts hereinfter fully described, and d and with the opposite end on the jaw B specifically set forth in the claims. back of the hinge or fulcrum thereof, serves In the annexed drawings, Figure I is a plan to press said jaw toward the base A.

View of our improved card-holder. Fig. II is a In applying a card to our improved holder longitudinal section on line 00 m, Fig. I; and one end of the card is secured .in position by Fig. Ill is a transverse section on line 1 y, raising the stationary jaw B off the base A.

Fig. I. then inserting the end of the card under said Similar letters of reference indicate corre jaw and allowing the latter to spring down S0 spending parts. upon the card, then the other jaw, B, is moved y A represents the base of the card-holder, in into the requisite position to hold the opposite the form of a rectangular board provided in end of the card,whicli is secured thereto in the the center of its surface with a longitudinal same manner as before described.

groove, 0, in which aguide-rod, a, is sustained The grasp of the jaw B on the base A or 85 3 5 by means of metal straps m m,attached to 0p on the interposed card prevents the said jaw posite ends of the board A, towhich straps from moving 011 the guide-rod a.

the ends of the guide-rod are secured. The "What we claim as new, and desire to secure guide-rod a is thus countersunk, so as not to by Letters Patent, is-

interfere with the card held on the base A, as 1. The adjustable cardholder consisting of 0 4o hereinafter described. the base A, guide-rod a, and spring-jaws B B,

B and B designate the two spring-jaws dcone or both of which' jaws are movably consigned to hold the card on the aforesaid base. nected with said guiderod, substantially as Either one or both of said jaws may be movaand for the purpose set forth. bly connected with the guide-rod a; but we 2. The combination of the base A, provided 5 l J, 5 generally prefer to secure the jaw B stationary with the groove 0, the guiderpd a, sustained in its position, and hinge itto a bracket, (1, in said groove, the bracket (1, movably confastened to the base A. Aspring, s, is wound nected with the said guide-rod, the jaw B, around the hinge-pin, and made to bear with hinged on said bracket, the spring 8, arranged one of its ends on the bracket and with the opto press the jaw toward the base, the bracket 1: o posite end on a rearward extension of the j aw,as d, secured stationary on the base A, the j aw B, represented in Fig. II of the drawings. The hinged on said bracket, and the spring s, ar-

ranged to press said jaw toward the bed, substantially as shown.

3. In combination with the base A, provided with the groove 0, jaw B, and guide-rod a, the bracket (1, formed with the central loop, 0, cmhracing the said guide-rod, and with the vertical shanks f f, the yoke )1, formed with the shanks o 0, the hingepin Z, extending through 1 the several shanks aforesaid, the jaw B, attached to the yoke a, and the spring s,w0nnd l around the pin land having one end bearing on the bracketd and the opposite end bearing on the jaw back of the fulcrum thereof, all

\Vitnesses:

FREDERICK H. GIBBS, O. BENDIXON. 

